VOLUME XXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1925
NUMBER 103
PAUL ACER FIRST
NAME ON'O' CUP
Spaulding Gift is Offered
For Varsity Letterman
Winning Highest Average
AWARD MADE THURSDAY
Prize Intended to Stimulate
Brilliant Scholarship
Records Among Athletes
The first winner of the Spauld
ing cup recently donated by the
Portland Branch of A. G. Spalding
Brothers for the highest scholar
ship among the members of the Or
der of the “O” is Paul Ager, jun
ior man on the Student Council.
Ager’s scholarship for last term
was 1.55, or a total of 78 points.
He was presented with the cup yes
terday at assembly. Ager is a
quarter miler and won his letter
in the Pacific Coast Conference
mile relay last year.
The silver cup which will be pre
sented each term to the letterman
with the highest average in the
preceding term, is about eighteen
inches high and has an “O” on the
front of it. Each winner’s name
will be engraved on it and the
winner wi\l keep _the cup until the
following term when it will be pre
sented to the highest man. Ager
will hold the cup until fall.
Eisley Presents Cup ,
Victor Eisley, president of the
Order of the “O”, who presented
the cup to Ager yesterday said
“Spauldings brothers, realizing that
a great deal of unfavorable com
ment has fallen upon athletes have
presented this cup to the Order of
the ‘O’ so that an appeal may be
made toward good scholarship.
There have been many athletes who
were brilliant students but they
are rarely mentioned. It is always
the man who has failed that draws
the criticism.
“Such mep as Bosenbraugh,” he
continued, “who was a Phi Beta
Kappa, Kenneth Bartlett, Earl
Shafer, Del Oberteuffer, and Don
Zimmerman, whose names often ap
peared on the roll are brilliant ex
amples of men who didn’t let ath
letics and women interfere with
their studies.”
Rules are Quoted
Eisley quoted the Pacific Coast
rule that lettermen have to pass
five times the hours flunged to be
eligible for athletics. He added
that the Spaulding cup will serve
to stimulate the activity of mem
bers of the Order of the “O” along
scholastic lines.
Virgil Earl, Jack Benefiel and
Bill Eeinhart have all expr|s3ed
their appreciation of the interest
shown by Spaulding brothers in
athletics at Oregon. Dean Bovard
in speaking of the cup said “This is
a fine thing. I think it will prove
to be very effective.”
W. F. G. THACHER TO SPEAK
BEFORE WOMEN’S CLUBS
Professor W. F. G. Thacher, of
the school of journalism, is to speak
on some phases of contemporary
fiction before the combined Wo
men ’s clubs of Portland today at
3 o’clock.
Trees on Campus
Dying as Result
Of Improvements
No, they haven’t been prun
ing the maple trees near the li
brary on Thirteenth street; they
are just cutting out dead limbs.
The steam line under these trees,
heating the library, commerce,
and Oregon buildings, is slowly
killing the trees, believes H. M.
Fisher, superintendent of grounds.
When the line was put in about
two years ago, many of the roots
had to be removed, although an
effort was made to protect the
trees. As well, there was a leak
in the new lines which had kept
the ground hot and dry, causing
the trees to have a dead, yellow
appearance.
It is planned to plant the Nor
way maple or scarlet oak along
the parkings on Thirteenth, as
the Catalpas set out there have
never grown very well. The
maple is especially good for this
purpose in the opinion of Fisher,
and there would be no danger of
damage from the steam.
good mmm
TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT
Three Members of Choir
To Have Solo Parts
“The Seven Last Words of
Christ” by Theodore Dubois, will be
given tonight in the auditorium of
the Methodist Episcopal church
starting at 7:30, by the University
choir, under the direction of John
Stark Evans. The cantata is being
presented in observance of Good
Friday and townspeople as well as
University students are invited to
attend.
“The Seven Last Words” is with
out a doubt one of the most worth
while things in the realms of
music. It has a dramatic quality
unlike anything else, which is es
pecially exemplified in the famous
“Yah” chorus. The whole cantata
is awe-inspiring and many tense
moments are the result of the un
usually brilliant chorus work.
Woven around the entire theme
are many beautiful solos and duets.
Madame Rose McGrew, soprano,
sings with exceptional feeling and
finished diction which makes the
dramatic significance of the can
tata even greater. Richard Adam,
tenor, and Aubrey Furry, baritone,
also do some excellent solo work.
“The Seven Last Words” is being
given this year at the request of
many who have heard it in previous
years. However, it has become a
yearly tradition to give it on Good
Friday just as the “St. Cecilia
Mass” is presented at Christmas.
The University choir is composed
of the/ ny?n’s and women’s glee
clubs.
CONDON CLUB OFFICERS
ARE ELECTED AT BANQUET
The Condon club, at its meeting
held recently, decided to give a
banquet at the Osburn hotel Thurs
day, April 16, at which time offi
cers for the coming year will be
installed. After the dinner speech
es *ill be given by the retiring of
ficers and their successors, accord
ing to present plans. The Condon
club is also planning a picnic to be
given later in the spring.
ATTORNEYS SCORE BICKERING
OF EMERALD SPORTS WRITERS
By a Law Student
That the sports writers of the
journalism department are guilty
of a serious violation of the laws
of contract has been proven be
vond all reasonable doubt.
In their reply to the law school’s
announcement that the legal nine
wps the baseball champion of the
campus, the sports staff pretended
to challenge the law nine, at the
Same time presuming to impose en
tirely new conditions. (Thereby re
futing the presumption that every
one knows the law.)
As pointed out by the attorneys,
here is where the dope predictors
ignored the law: the law school
through the captain of their nine
quietly announced that they were
the champions of the campus a
fact that they have long been
cognizant of and which has never
been disputed by any competent
authority; they stated that they
would consider any proper and cor
rect challenge; by doing so they
offered to enter into what would
constitute a legal contract if duly
accepted. Now the party to whom
a contract is offered may either
accept it or reject it, but he has
no power to impose other condi
tions not already contained in the
contract, for if he does so he mahes
a new offer.
Now that very wrong and highly
objectionable act in the sight of
the law: namely, endeavoring to
surreptitiously impose entirely new
conditions under the guise of ac
cepting the offered contract, is ex
actly what the sports writers were
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Oregon ENTERS
ORATORY MEET
Benoit McCroskey to Be
Representative of U. of 0.
In Forest Grove Orations
WORLD PEACE IS TOPIC
Nine Institutions of Higher
I Learning to Compete
At Pacific University
Representing the University in
the state peae« oratorical contest
to be held at Pacific university, at
Forest Grove tonight, Benoit Me
Croskey, accompanied by Oscar
A. Brown, one of the forensic
coaches, will leave on the Oregon
Electric for Portland at 7:50 this
morning. MeCroskey and coach
Brown will arrive at Forest Grove
about noon in plenty of time for a
period of rest before the contest
begins at 8:00 p. m.
“The Last Milestone” is the sub
ject of MeCroskey’s oration. In it
he advocates the creation of an in
ternational force in conjunction
with a court and some league of
nations as a lpst milestone towards
the attainment of the struggle for
internaional peace.
Nine Will Compete
Represenatives from nine insti
tutions of higher learning in Ore
gon are to be represented in the
oratorical contest tonight. The
winning oration will be sent to the
national headquarters of the In
tercollegiate Peace association,
which is sponsoring the contest.
Speeches are limited to fifteen min
utes and must deal with some phase
of international peace. The contest
is for the purpose of developing in
terest in this world-wide problem.
Institutions which will be repre
sented are: Oregon Agricultural
college, Eugene Bible university,
Willamette university of Salem,
Pacific college of Newberg, Lin
field college of McMinnville, Al
bany college, Oregon State Normal
school of Monmouth, Pacific uni
versity of Forest Grove, and Uni
versity of Oregon.
Two Prizes Offered
In the same contest last year,
Oregon was represented by Ted
Baker. Baker is now secretary of
the chamber of commerce at Hood
River.
Two women of the New England
section of the United States are
furnishing the prize money for the
national intercollegiate contest.
Two prizes consisting of $75 and
$50 will be presented to the win
ner of the state contest. Three
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NEXT GUILD PRODUCTION
TO BE POPULAR DRAMA
A story of the subjugation of a
young woman and the various cir
cumstances which evolve in the pro
cess of her rejuvenation has much
to do in making the next Guild
theatre play, “Miss Lulu Bett,” a
popular drama, dealing in the sim
ple prejudices of Main Street folk
of the middle West.
The play, based on the book of
the same name, has been very popu
lar in the East, and a year or two
ago appeared on the screen. It is
a portrayal of the life of those
people who although of the higher
middle class, still keep oilcloth on
their dining tables when not in use.
The lead, Miss Lulu Bett, is a
Cinderella type of person, who al
though a relative of the family, re
ceives the brunt of not only the
housework and kitchen slavey busi
ness, but also is the object upon
which falls all the blame and criti
cism of the other, members of the
household. How she submits to the
subjection and how she handles the
situation makes the play an interest
ing one throughout. Helen Park is
cast in the role of Lulu Bett, and
with her personality, by now fa
miliar to the campus theatre habi
tues, should make a pleasing pre
sentation of the part.
Gordon Wilson plays Dwight
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Mere Man, Natural
Or Disguised Taboo
At April Frolic
Friday Latest Date for
Rehearsals
Woe to the man who tries to
enter the Woman’s building Sat
urday night, say members of the
April Frolic committee. Guards
will be on the lookout for sus
piciously dressed pseudo-females
and Mary Clerin promises that
the offenders will be harshly
dealt with.
Final rehearsals of the stunts
being put on by the various
houses will be held Friday night
and tomorrow afternoon.
Detailed account of expenses
must be handed in to Doris
Brophy tonight.
Music which will be played be
tween each act and after the
performance is to be unparalleled
and will make tfu) entire evening
enjoyable.
Reserved seats in the balcony
are 50 cents; other seats in the
balcony are 25 cents; and general
admission on the gymnasium
floor which will be granted only
to those in costume is 10 cents.
ASTORIA’S ROMANCE
IS VIVIDLY RELATED
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Colonel Gilbert Gives
Entertaining Talk
The romance of Astoria, sketched
in a delightfully unconventional
and pungent style, received a new
interpretation at the hands of Col.
W. S. Gilbert in his address at as
sembly yesterday.
“The West has always been a
romance,” Colonel Gilbert said,
pointing out that in the advance
of civilization westward the glam
or lay always ahead.
In tracing the history of Astoria
from its founding in 1805, Colonel
Gilbert declared that Troy with its
three cities, one on top of the
other, had nothing on Astoria,
which has four such cities, still
to be seen in the four layers of
streets. Eighteen years ago, he
said, there were no roads leading
out of Astoria. The people went
to their farms and even to the
cemetery in boats.
“At the first funeral I conducted
in Astoria,” he humorously re
called, “I felt like the boatman on
the Biver Styx.” '
The first highway built from
Portland to the sea and running
through Astoria was considered a
downright calamity by many, he
declared. “There were no sewers in
Astoria in those days,” Colonel
Gilbert said, “Astoria was a sew
er. What need was there of sew
ers when we had two tides in and
two tides out a day?”
The Colonel explained the neces
sity for and the process of revi
sion of the Astoria city charter
which led to the city managerial
plan with which he played so ac
tive a part.
In speaking of the relief and re
construction work which followed
the fire in 1922, destroying the
business section of the city, Colonel
Gilbert especially lauded the work
done by the University. “The
whole matter of relief was handled
with no friction and with no scan
dal of misappropriation of funds
usually attendant upon relief work.
All honor to the trained men of the
University.”
Margaret Hyatt in a solo, sang
“The Jasmine Door” by Scott.
CHRISTIAN WORKERS
. PLAN JOINT MEETING
Plans for a joint mooting of the
University of Oregon United Chris
tian Work, and a similar body from
O. A. C., were formulated at the
monthly meeting of the former at
a dinner in the Campa Shoppe last
evening.
General reports were given by
Henry Davis, direetor of the or
ganization; and by Mrs. Charlotte
Donnelly, employment secretary of
the Y. M. C. A. Walter Myers,
treasurer, gave the financial report.
Virgil Earl of the department of
physical education, was elected a
member of the executive board. ,
METMEN STURT
TEH TRYDUTS
Tournament to Eliminate
Three of Nine Men Now
Turning Out for Practice
CONTESTS TO CONTINUE
Net Schedule to End With
Coast Conference Meet
At Corvallis May 29-30
Tennis is on in earnest, with the
varsity aspirants now engaged in
a round robin tournament to deter
mine the personnel of the six-man
team. Coach Rudolph Ernst has
been out on the courts this week,
drilling tlio men in serving and
driving.
Tournament play started yester
day, with nine men entered. Every
man will be given a chance to play
every other man on the squad, so
that each will have an equal chance
for the team. Courts have been set
aside for varsity practice, and with
fair weather prevailing the netmen
should round into mid-season shape.
Net Schedule Incomplete
Oregon will have several match
es this year, with the coast confer
ence meet at Corvallis, May 29 and
30, for a wind-up. The first meet
will be with a Portland team, and
will probably be held in the Rose
.city. A dual match with Washing
ton, and one or two meets vwith O.
A. C. are also on the program.
The list of candidates is headed
by H. L. Meyer, ’25. He has won
two letters in this sport, and is re
garded as one of the fastest net
men on the coast. He has a smash
ing serve and covers the court. E.
V. Slattery, ’26, utility man of
last year, is steadily improving,
and is expected to place on the
team.
New Candidates Promising
The other candidates are all new
to varsity playing, but every one
is of conference calibre. R. K.
Heber, ’20, has had considerable ex
perience on California courts.
He is Pacific Coast junior college
champion. George B. Hayden, ’25,
has been showing up well in prac
tice so far.
The rest of the aspirants aro all
members of the freshman team of
last year. A. H. Wostergren, and
R. C. Okerberg have been showing
up well in practice. They play eas
ily and naturally, and are a danger
ous doubles combination. G. W.
Mead, W. B. Adams, and W. K.
McIntosh,' are three star players
from last year’s frosh squad, and
each is expected to develop into a
varsity player this season.
TOLD BY NOTED FLIER
Aviation, past and present; the
evolution from the flimsy 25-horse
power plane of 1908 to the mam
moth 400 horsepower Liberty mot
or driven craft in which Lieutenant
Oakley 6. Kelly made his phen
omenal non-stop transcontinental
flight, was the story graphically re
counted by Lieutenant Kelly him
self in h^s lecture, “The Progress
of Aviation,” at Villard hall last
night,
Lieutenant Kelly, who is in Eu
gene under the auspices of tho
Lane county Reserve Officers as
sociation, is at present one of the
army’s premier fliers. In addition
to having made the first non-stop
transcontinental flight from Roose
velt field, New York,°to San Diego,
in April, 1928, in the now famous
T-2 monoplane, he has at other
times held various records for en
durance and speed flights. He has
witnessed the progress of aviation
froip the feeble attempts of pre
war days to the present time of
record-breaking machines, many of
which he has flown under the most
exacting circumstances.
Previous to the world war in
1914, little constructive develop
ment was made in the field of aero
nautics because of the unwilling
ness of Congress to subsidize ex
perimentation which was too ex
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Venture in Cooking
Proves As Painful
Experience to Girl
As a result of a venture in
cooking at her own home, a stu
dent is now in the infirmary suf
fering with burns on her arm,
feet, knees and back.
If it weren’t rather tragic, it
might be laughable. For this is
the way it happened:
The girl was doing some deep
frying when some of the grease
spattered up on her arm. In
stinctively she dropped the pan
and a good deal of the hot fat
spilled on the linoleum covered
floor.
“Then 1 slipped,” she told the
reporter. “And every time I
tried to get up I slipped again.
I tell you, I was skidding all
over the kitchen. I have some
of the most beautiful blisters.”
She waved her bandaged arm in
the air.
“No, it doesn’t hurt much now,”
she said, “and I’ll probably be
in school in another day. But,”'
and she smiled whimsically, “it
was such a perfectly dumb thing
to do.”
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
EXPERT TO SPEAK SOON
Senior Women Will Hear
Florence Jackson
Miss Florence Jackson, one of
tho foremost experts on vocational
guidance in tho country, and re
cently the director of the Women’s
Educational and Industrial Union
of Massachusetts, will be on tho
campus April 13 and 14.
At present Miss Jackson is tour
ing the United States, giving lec
tures to women at various institu
tions. She was, for a time, voca
tional instructor at Wellesley.
Before coming to the University
she will have visited colleges and
universities in Missouri, Oklahoma,
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona,
and California. After her visit
here she will go to the University
of Washington and Washington
State college.
While on the campus Miss Jack
son will give her lectures under the
auspices of Mortar Board.
Monday afternoon at 5 o’clock
there will be a mass meeting for
all the women on the campus at
the Y. W. C. A. bungalow. In the
evening she will speak at Hen
dricks hall. The senior women of
half the houses on the campus will
bo invited to this.
Tuesday, Miss Jackson will de
vote the whole day to private half
hour conferences which will bo held
at the Y. W. C. A. bungalow. She
will be the guest of Mortar Board
at a luncheon at the Anchorage,
Tuesday noon, and will lecture
again in the evening at Susan
Campbell hall. Seniors who did not
hear Miss Jackson at Hendricks
hall will attend this meeting.
LLOYD SPENCER TO VISIT
OREGON CAMPUS APRIL 22
Lloyd Spence,, advertising man
ager of the Post-Intelligencer, Se
attle, and president of the Pacific
Coast Advertising Clubs associa
tion, will visit the campus April
22, and will speak to Professor W.
F. G. Tliacher’s advertising class at
1 o’clock. Mt. Spencer is to be the
guest of Alpha Delta Sigma, na
tional advertising fraternity.
ELECT! IN
BTIU DEWITT
Vice-presidency is Tie
With Louise Inabnit
And Dorothy Myers Up
FOUR OTHERS CHOSEN
Voting Is Heavy; About 600
Ballots Cast; Positions
Not Closely Contested
Anna DeWitt won the race for
Women’s League president over
Eloise Buck, by a margin of 119
votes; the final count being 380 to
161. Candidates for vice-president,
Dorothy Myers and Louise Inabnit,
tied; the result being determined
after several recounts.
Frances Morgan was elected sec
retary over Lillian Luders by 347
to 186 votes. Annette Heckman
led Catherine Struplere in the con
test for treasurer, 315 to 213.
Pauline Stewart won from Bar
bara Blythe for teporter, 291 to
234. With three running for the
office of sergeant-at-arms, Marian
Barnes won with 238 votes, Eliza
beth Blanchard and Frances Borton
receiving 170 and 112, respectively.
President to Be Delegate
Anna. DeWitt, the newly-elected
president, will act as one of the
Oregon delegates at the national
convention held here next week.
This conference, delegates to which
will represent most of the colleges
and universities west of the Ap
palachian mountains, is one of the
biggest things the Women’s League
has done.
Other activities of the League
are the “Big Sister” teas, spon
sor-sponsee affairs; and weekly
League teas where the university
women may drop in informally and
talk with friends over a cup of tea;
and the foreign scholarship.
This scholarship is offered each
year to a foreign woman student,
bringing her to this campus for a
year. Most of the monetary pro
ceeds derived from Women’s
League affairs go into this fund.
This year tlio League also estab
lished a loan fund for freshmen wo
men, which has received the hear
ty commendation of faculty mem
bers.
Special Election Scheduled
A special election to vote off the
tie for vice-president will be held
next Tuesday, from 10 to 1:30, in
front of the library.
These officers, with the heads of
four appointed committees, the
presidents of the Young Women’s
Christian Association, the Women’s
Athletic Association, heads of
houses and Oregon club, and a rep
resentative from the office of the
dean of women, compose the execu
tive council of the Women’s
League. Officers who have been
in charge this year are, Winifred
Graham, president; Mary Clerin,
vice-president; Maurine Buchanan,
secretary; Anna DeWitt, treasurer;
Katherine Lauderdale, reporter; and
Glenna Fisher, sergeant-at-arms.
MURAL HUNG IN MUSIC LOUNGE
PAINTED BY HAZEL D. BORDERS
A decorative mural landscape,
the work of Hazel D. Borders, a
senior in the school of architecture
and allied arts, is among the most
artistic" things gracing the new mu
sic auditorium. The mural is hang
ing in the lounge and was admired
by hundreds of visitors who came
to inspect the building and listen
to the dedicatory program.
The lounge which adjoins both
the music auditorium and the school
of music studio building, serving as
a connecting unit between the two,
is a tastefully furnished room and
is used for small receptions, the
entertainment of visiting fprtists,
and at? assembly and meeting place
for student groups. Because the
mural was executed particularly
for the room, it serves “as a jewel
. in a setting” and is found hanging
over the spacious fireplace.
Miss Borders chose the color
scheme and the type of landscape
that seemed to fit the problem. The
nature of the room, its coloring,
I and the use to which it is put were
all taken into consideration by the
artist. The group of dancing fig
ures in the picture and a musician
playing, relate the mural to the
school of music. Miss Borders
worked under the direction of N.
B. Zane, assistant professor in the
school of architecture and allied
arts.
Every part of the picture is the
product of local artists and crafts
men for the frame for the land
! scape was designed in the normal
arts studio and was made by a Eu
gene planing mill.